419 scam: "Mr.Jim Ovia. " <chairmanforeigncontractpayment@gmail.com> Waiting .

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "to your nominated bank account" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- movia520@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Jim Ovia. " <chairmanforeigncontractpayment@gmail.com>
Reply-To: movia520@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2020 16:44:50 -0700
Subject: Waiting .

I am Mr. Jim Ovia , CEO with the Zenith Bank of Nigeria Plc I write to
seek your consent to carry out a transaction that would be highly
beneficial to you and me. I know you may be wondering why I am
contacting you for this despite all the friends and relations that I
have, but I decided to do this with an unknown person. Mr. Robert
Dean, was an account holder with my bank. . He died in September 2013.
Since his death, the management of my bank has made series of efforts
to locate his family but all efforts were proved abortive. I also
carried out series of research to find his family but it was confirmed
that the mother who was the only surviving member of the family died
at the hearing of the sonâ€™s death.He was already divorced before his
death and due to this fact; no one was able to claim the fund he
deposited in my bank legally because there was no will to it. He had a
secret dollar account with my bank worth the sum of $58,200,000.00
(Fifty Eight Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with
an interest agreement of 6.7% .

My purpose of contacting you now is this: My bank during the last
executive board meeting resolved that if by the end of this year and
there is no beneficiary to the said account, the account will be
confiscated and the fund sent to the bank treasury and this is where I
am interested in and wants you to come in: I want you to come in as
the Next of Kin/ Beneficiary to this account. I have all the titled
documents to back your claim and as the Account Director of this bank,
it is in my power to carry out any form of verification on the
beneficiary of the said fund and process the fund wire without any
problem.

I want you to know that this is legal and 100% risk free as all
the titled documents would be changed to your name and the fund wired
to any bank account you wish to have it wired to.Please note that I am
willing to let you have 30% of the total sum while you give me 70%
when the fund finally gets to your nominated bank account. Also note
that I am willing to go extra mile to make this a success because if
anything goes wrong, then I stand the risk.

This is why I am contacting you so that we can put heads together
and take care of this transaction within now and the next 9
days.Kindly get back to me immediately so that I advice you on how
this would be carried out.If your willing to assist please send the
following information below1. YOUR

NAME:................................2. YOUR
ADDRESS:.............................3. YOUR TELEPHONE
...........................5.
AGE........................................6.
SEX:......................................7. YOUR
OCCUPATION...........................8. YOUR BANK
DETAILS:........................

Email : movia520@gmail.com

Sincerely,
Mr.Jim Ovia.

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